Evan Thomas is the Director of the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience, and holds the Mortenson Endowed Chair in Global Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is a tenured full Professor jointly appointed in the Civil, the Environmental and Architectural Engineering, and the Aerospace Engineering Sciences Departments, and an affiliate faculty in Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health. He is currently a member of the NASA and USAID SERVIR Applied Sciences Team. He received a PhD in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado Boulder, a Master’s in Public Health from the Oregon Health and Science University, an MBA in Global Business from the Fletcher School, Tufts University, and is a registered Professional Environmental Engineer.